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Notre Dame LB Te'o staying strong through tragedy
The profile page on the Twitter account of Manti Te'o doesn't say he's a Notre Dame linebacker, that he's being mentioned as a Heisman Trophy ...
Chiefs lead NFL _ by far _ in turnover trouble
Of all the things the Chiefs should be focusing on this time of year, with the season four weeks old and the Baltimore Ravens coming to town on ...
Ex-NFL WR Hurd pleads not guilty to new charges
Former NFL receiver Sam Hurd pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new indictment accusing him of trying to obtain cocaine and marijuana while he was out ...
Tebow time? Not yet for struggling Jets
Tim Tebow came to Broadway in March as a backup, already a bona fide star. NFL fans nationwide caught sight of him on TV last season, leading the ...
Championship implications everywhere on Saturday
A burgeoning rivalry hits a peak in the SEC, a new rivalry begins to emerge in the Big Ten and Notre Dame and Miami bring an old rivalry to a new ...
Two surprise teams meet Thursday night
The Arizona Cardinals are being proclaimed the most pleasant surprise of the early NFL season. At 4-0 and with a stingy, playmaking defense and a ...
Lolo Jones causes stir over Eric LeGrand tweets
Hurdler Lolo Jones trash-talked about head injuries to former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand after he jokingly challenged her to a race on ...
ACC sticking with 8-game football schedule in 2013
The Atlantic Coast Conference has dropped a plan to play nine conference football games starting next season and revised its scheduling setup for ...
Pick 6: Big players in big games
The national championship race will clear up some this weekend with five games involving ranked teams, plus No. 9 Notre Dame playing an improving ...
AP source: Jets WR Holmes has Lisfranc injury
First, Darrelle Revis. Now, Santonio Holmes. A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday night that Holmes has a ...
10 NDSU players plead guilty to petition fraud
Ten football players at North Dakota State pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor election fraud and were sentenced to community service for faking ...
McQueary files defamation suit against Penn State
A former Penn State graduate assistant who complained he saw former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky showering with a young boy on campus and ...
Buckeyes, Spartans in pair of spats
Eye gouging. Disputes over game film. Urban Meyer has quickly returned No. 12 Ohio State to prominence in the Big Ten, but he has rubbed some of his ...
Texans maintain top spot in AP's power rankings
The Houston Texans are on top of the AP Pro32 NFL power rankings again, and getting ready for the Monday night spotlight when they visit the New York ...
Colts' Arians ready to step in for ill Pagano
Bruce Arians always wanted to coach his own NFL team. The chance has arrived, and not how he wanted it to go. He will be replacing an old friend on ...
Jets standing by Sanchez as Tebow, well, stands by
The boos started sometime in the third quarter, anxious Jets fans watching their struggling team get trampled. By the time the game Sunday was in its ...
All that offense keeps fans coming to the stadium
When West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck was looking for a new football coach, he wanted one who would not only win, but do it in a way that ...
Old Bears defense picks off 34-18 win over Cowboys
Charles Tillman had the ball thrown right into his hands. All the Chicago Bears cornerback had to do was grab it and run 25 yards untouched down the ...
Bears get past Cowboys 34-18 with defense, Cutler
Lance Briggs plucked the ball out of the air and started rumbling down the field. As the Chicago linebacker approached the end zone, he fully extended ...
White Sox eliminated after 11-0 win over Indians
Their collapse complete, all the White Sox could do was watch from afar as another team celebrated winning the AL Central. This wasn't their year, but ...
Texas and West Virginia defenses struggling
What if No. 8 West Virginia and No. 11 Texas played Saturday and decided not to bring their defenses? At the rate those two have been giving up big ...
Vikings' Peterson starting to find 5th gear
Even while defying the odds to return from reconstructive knee surgery in time for the season opener, Adrian Peterson was still trying to recapture ...
Chiefs' Crennel sticks with Cassel at quarterback
Romeo Crennel stepped to the podium in the auditorium beneath Arrowhead Stadium after another embarrassing loss and announced that Matt Cassel will ...
Holgorsen, West Virginia, right at home in Big 12
After a Saturday in which three quarterbacks passed for at least 550 yards and five touchdowns, let's scan the stats for a pick six of airborne feats.